Chapter 27
By the time they’d made it down the mountain, the western sky was a brilliant turquoise streaked with dark gold and rose. When they arrived back at the bed and breakfast, it was full dark. Danny was ready for a hot shower, a light dinner, and a sensual evening with Evan.
What he got instead was a distraught innkeeper anxiously awaiting their return.
“Oh, thank goodness you’re back.” The lines of worry were clearly visible on Martha’s pale face. “I got a message from your mother, Danny.”
Immediately, he was on alert. “What’s happened, Martha? Is she all right? Is Katie?”
“Yes, they’re fine. She was trying to track down Evan.” Martha turned to him. “I’m sorry, Evan, but it’s your mother. The facility she’s in couldn’t reach you by cell so they called the Carmodys, who called
